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On the restoration of life, a teaspoonful of warm water should 

 be given ; and then, if power of swallowing have returned, small 

 quantities of wine, warm brandy and water, or coffee should be 

 administered. The patient should be kept in bed, and a disposition 

 to sleep encouraged. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



The above treatment should be persevered in for some hours, as 

 it is an erroneous opinion that persons are irrecoverable because 

 life does not soon make its appearance, persons having been re- 

 stored after persevering for many hours. 



FIG. 97. Expiration. 



The foregoing two illustrations show the position of the body during the employ- 

 ment of Dr. Silvester's method of inducing Respiration. 



APPEARANCES WHICH GENERALLY ACCOMPANY DEATH. 



Breathing and the heart's action cease entirely ; the eyelids are 

 generally half-closed ; the pupils dilated ; the jaws clenched ; the 

 fingers semi-contracted ; the tongue approaches to the under edges 

 of the lips, and these, as well as the nostrils, are covered with a 

 frothy mucus. Coldness and pallor of surface increases. 



CAUTIONS. 



Prevent unnecessary crowding of persons round the body, espe- 

 cially if in an apartment. 



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